Improvement in children s carriages



G. W; PEARCE. Ghildrens Carriage.

No. 201,043. Patented March 5,1878.

R O T N E V N %WITNQEZES ATTORNEY N.PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER WASHINGTON. D C

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE PEARCE, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYI1VANIA.

"IMPROVEMENT lN CHILDRENS CARRIAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 201,043, dated March 5, 1878; application filed August 4, 1877.

To all whom it may cancer-n:

Be it known that I, Gnonen W. PEARCE, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Baby-Garriages; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a longitudinal section of my improved babycarriage with its front unextended. Fig. 2 is a similar section with the front extended, and Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section of the carriage.

This invention has relation to improvements in childrens carriages; and the nature of the invention consists in a childs carriage having a sliding seat-back, which can be moved to the front or rear of the body, combined with a fall ing seat and a front extension of the said body, whereby means are provided for lengthening the carriage, so that the occupant may lie down therein, the seat-back having been pushed to the rear for shortening the same, thereby c0nverting the carriage into a miniature buggy, and for forming a head-rest for said occupant, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A desi gnates the main portion of the carriage, and B its extensible front portion. The section A may have an inclined rear end connected with the sides b by rounded corners.

c designates inside edge-strips, rigidly secured in any suitable manner to the sides 11 at or near their upper edges.

The section B has an independent bottom, dash-board, and sides, lettered, respectively, at 12 0?. The sides of this section fit snugly between those of the section A, under the edgestrips 0; and when it is telescoped into the said section the ends of its sides abut against the rear end thereof, the dash-board also abutting against the front ends of the sides I) aforesaid. In this position the dash-board d being shouldered, as shown at 0, forms a smooth flush joint with the sides I).

The front extension B is capable of being drawn out like a drawer, the edge-strips c serving as guides. In practice, when the extension is fully drawn out, a stop of any known form adapted for the purpose will prevent the casual disengagement thereof from the section A.

At the upper edge of the sides of section A are arranged metallic rods 0, spaced from the said sides and supported thereon by arms f. To these rods is secured, by eyebolts g, the sliding seat-back D, that is of any known form or material. The rods 0 pass through the eye of bolts g, and the latter being secured to the seat-back, the said seat-back is capable of sliding to the front or rear of the said section.

When the front section is extended the seatback is thrust back, leaving the entire body of the carriage exposed, and the child may be placed therein lying at full length; but if it is within the said section, as shown in Fig. 1, the said seat back is thrust forward about half-way of the section A, and causes the latter to present the appearance of a miniature es'y- The seat 1s altogether disconnected from the body and seat-back, and is composed of a seatbottom, h, supported at each end by upright standards h, having a beveled or inclined front edge, '5, and a front board k, hinged at l to the seat-bottom at its front edge, and abutting, when in a vertical position, against shoulders 6', formed at the front upper edge of the said standards.

When the front section of the carriage-body is extended and the seat D pushed to the rear, an inclined head-rest may be formed, if desired, by placing the seat at the rear end of section A, swinging the front board is outward, and vibrating the seat-bottom forward until its inclined edged bears upon the bottom of the section A aforesaid.

As shown in Fig. 2, the board is lies flat upon the bottom of section A, and is flush, or nearly so, with the corresponding part of section B when the seat-bottom h is inclined, as above set forth.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the body-section A, having the spaced edge-rail O and the extensible telescope section B, of the adjustable seat-back D, having eyebolts g, receiving said In testimony that I claim the above I have rod, and the removable seat J, having a hinged hereunto subscribed my name in the presence front board, k, substantially as specified. of two Witnesses.

2. The seat J, having the side standards h, with inclined front edges 1' and front board k, GEORGE W. PEARCE. hinged to the front edge of the seat, in combination with a carriage-body, A, an extensible Witnesses: section, B, and a seat-back, D, adjustable to ALLEN H. GANGEWER, the front or rear, substantially as specified. DE LANCEY G. WALKER. 

